Challenge to Extension of Interstate Highway

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Citizens For Appropriate Rural v. Anthony Fox

Case No.: 15-1554

Officials: KANNE, Circuit Judge, ROVNER, Circuit Judge, and BRUCE, District Judge.

Focus: Challenge to Extension of Interstate Highway

Plaintiff-appellants fail for comply with discovery deadlines and other court deadlines.

“A party who fails to comply with deadlines related to discovery or otherwise forestalls prosecution of their own case is not entitled to seek additional discovery when the opposing side moves for summary judgment. See Convertino, 684 F.3d at 99. The record shows that Plaintiffs had every opportunity to seek discovery prior to the summary judgment stage. Plaintiffs failure to comply with court deadlines and seek discovery prior to summary judgment was their own choice and they must now live with the consequences. Based upon a thorough review of the record, it was not an abuse of discretion for the district court to conclude that Plaintiffs were not entitled to additional discovery.”

Affirmed

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